Rope-splice.



PATEN'IED JUNE 2, 1903.

P. VOGEL.

ROPE sPLIoE; APPLICATION FILED HAB. 28. 1902.

N0 MODEL.

Lef y Il Illia No. 730,060. i l Patented rune 2,1903.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PAUL VOGEL, OF CRIMMITZSCHAU, GERMANY.

YROPE-SPLICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part 0f Letters Pat N0. 73Q,060, dated J une 2, 1903.

Application filed March 28,1902. Serial No. 100,462. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern: splicing have been rigidly held) are released,

Be it known that I, PAUL VOGEL, a subject the rope will of itself return to its original of the King of Saxony, residing at Crimmitzposition, whereby a certain amount of twist 4o schau, in the Kingdomof Saxony, in the Gerwill be imparted to the strips also.

5 man Empire, have invented a certain new The connection of the strips to the rope and useful Improvement in Rope-Splices, of may beeffected partly by twisting or inter- Which the following is a specification, referlacing or plaiting the strips and strands and ence being had therein to the accompanying partly by stitching them together. In such 45 drawings. ease the eXtreme end of the rope should not xo Figure l is a side view of the splice; Fig. be twisted, but plaited, in the manner, for

2, a cross-section taken on the line X X of example, as shown in the drawings at g. Fig. l; Fig. 3, a cross-section taken on the Having thus described my invention and line Y Y lof Fig. l, and Fig. 4 a side View of in what manner the same is to be carried into 501` Y. one end of a rope with splicing strips ateffect, I declare that what I claim is I5 tached. i l. A rope-splice consisting of strips of ma- To the ends t and l), respectively,of the terial interlaced with the rope-strands at each rope or ropes to be united strips c and d, .rope end, the free ends of said strips being which may be thongs of leather or of any connected together, whereby the rope ends 55 other suitable material, are attached by are united, substantially as described.

zo twisting, interlacing, or plaiting with the 2. A rope-splice consisting ofstrips of marope-strands or in other appropriate manner. terial intertwined with and stitched to the To unite the two rope ends thus provided strands at each rope end, the free ends of said with binding-strips c d, theprope ends are stripsbeingconnectedtogether,substantially 6o turned or twisted back a few times and the as described.

25 strips c d laid against each other, as shown, 3. A rope-splice consisting of strips of maor they maybe twisted around each other and terial intertwined with the strands at each then sewedtogethenas indicatedin the drawrope end, the free ends of said strips being ings by f, where the stitching is shown, or connected together, and illing and strength- 6.5 united inlike suitable manner. ening strips inserted between the principal 3o For the purpose of increasing the thickness strips, substantially as described.

of the splice to equal thatgof the rope itself In testimony whereof Ihave aiixed my sigand in order to augment the strength of the nature in presence of two witnesses.

former one or more loose strips e of suitable v 1 material may be'inserted between the strips l PAUL VOGEL' 3 5 c d, any number of which may be used. Witnesses:

When the splice has been made and the two LEON ZEITLIN,

rope ends (which during the operation of B. H. WARNER, Jr. 

